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The USSF-124 mission launched at 5:30 p.m. EST Feb. 14, while another SpaceX Falcon 9 was being prepared to launch at 1:05 a.m. Feb. 15 from adjacent launchpads at Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center.
Credit: SpaceX
A pair of prototypes for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program reached orbit on Feb. 14, following launch onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (SFS), Florida. The spacecraft were accompanied by the...
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